Assuming everything went okay we should have perl-5.8.8 installed under/home/chris/perl588

$ cd$ export APPDATA=/home/chris/perl588/

Setting APPDATA forces CPANPLUS to locate its.cpanplus directory under/home/chris/perl588/. Now let's configure cpan ( only answers different to the defaults are shown ):

$/home/chris/perl588/bin/cpanWould you like me to configure as much as possible automatically? [yes] noCPAN build and cache directory? [/home/chris/.cpan]/home/chris/perl588/.cpanPolicy on building prerequisites (follow, ask or ignore)? [ask] followParameters for the 'make install' command?Your choice: [] UNINST=1

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